Unfortunately, the US has a culture of doctor worship. Most people know next to nothing about medicine, so doctors can get away with all kinds of incompetence.

Unfortunately, the US has a culture of doctor worship. Most people know next to nothing about medicine, so doctors can get away with all kinds of incompetence. As someone else in this thread mentioned, medical mistakes are the 2nd leading cause of death in the US. I am glad to hear your sister survived that ordeal. In the US, doctors that have maimed and killed patients can switch specialties and become a lucrative medical marijuana prescriber: https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20070301%5cDMRAAABI1%5c&did=AAABI070301234952671.DID https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDO... https://www.laweekly.com/after-almost-30-years-as-a-surgeon-this-physician-became-a-pot-doc/ https://www.laweekly.com/after-almost-30-years-as-a-surgeon-...